[Event "Fall Classic 5"]
[Site "Memphis, TN"]
[Date "2006.09.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pylant, Gary"]
[Black "Torchia, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1846"]
[BlackElo "1934"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
{A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6
3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Nbd2 d5 6. e3 {last book move} Nd7 7. Be2 Ndf6 8. h3 {
Covers g4} (8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. c4 c5 $14) 8... c6 {Secures b5} 9. c3 Qb6 10. Qc1
Bd7 11. Ne5 g5 {Black threatens to win material: g5xf4} (11... Bf5 12. f3 Nxd2
13. Qxd2 $14) 12. Bh2 Nxd2 13. Nxd7 ({Inferior is} 13. Kxd2 Bf5 $15) 13... Nxd7
14. Qxd2 Nf6 15. Bd3 h6 16. Be5 (16. a4 Qd8 $16) 16... e6 {Controls f5} (16...
Nh5 17. Bxg7 Nxg7 18. c4 $16) 17. Qe2 Ke7 (17... Qd8 $5 $16) 18. O-O-O Ne8 (
18... Rag8 19. Qf3 $18) 19. Bg3 (19. h4 Nf6 $18) 19... Nd6 20. Bxd6+ (20. h4
$142 $18 {White has a promising position}) 20... Kxd6 $16 21. e4 Rae8 22. Rhe1
(22. exd5 $142 cxd5 23. h4 $14) 22... Kd7 $2 (22... Kc7 $142 $14 {is the best
option Black has}) 23. exd5 $18 cxd5 24. Bb5+ Kc8 25. Bxe8 Rxe8 26. Qf3 Re7 27.
Re2 a5 (27... Rc7 28. Kb1 $18) 28. Qd3 Qd8 29. Kb1 Kb8 30. Rde1 Rc7 31. Qg3 (
31. g3 Qf6 $18) 31... Ka7 (31... Bf8 32. Rc2 $18) 32. h4 Bf6 33. hxg5 Bxg5 (
33... hxg5 34. Rh1 $18) 34. Qf3 a4 35. Rc2 b5 (35... Qd7 36. g3 $18) 36. Qd3
Kb6 37. g3 Be7 38. f4 Qc8 39. Rec1 Bf6 40. Qh7 (40. a3 {might be the shorter
path} Re7 $18) 40... Qh8 41. Qxh8 Bxh8 42. a3 Kc6 43. Rh1 Bg7 44. Re2 Kd6 45.
Rh4 f6 (45... f5 46. Kc2 $18) 46. Rh1 (46. Rg4 {makes it even easier for White}
Bf8 $18) 46... Re7 47. Rhe1 e5 48. dxe5+ fxe5 49. fxe5+ Rxe5 50. Rxe5 Bxe5 51.
g4 d4 (51... Bf4 52. Kc2 $18) 52. cxd4 (52. Rh1 $5 {and White can already relax
} Bf4 53. Rd1 Kc5 54. Rxd4 Bg5 $18) 52... Bxd4 53. Kc2 Kc5 (53... Bf6 $18) 54.
Re6 Kc4 (54... Bg7 $18 {hoping against hope}) 55. Rxh6 1-0